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Friday May 3, 2013Gators Close Out Regular Season with 10 Top-10 Finishes at FSU

Nine Gators turned in 10 top-10 tallies as a small
contingent competed at the Seminole Twilight at Mike Long Track on the campus
of FSU.

Sophomore jumper Marquis Dendy (Middletown, Del.)
captured the menís long jump title with his leap of 8.00m/26-3 and added to his
evening by nabbing a runner-up finish in the menís triple jump with a mark of
15.49m/50-10, just an inch and a half short of his seasonís best.

2011 SEC Champion in the womenís javelin Fawn Miller (Stoneboro,
Pa.) registered a seasonís best performance, throwing 52.67m/172-9 to finish
second overall in the event heading into the Southeastern Conference
Championships.

The Gators swept the hammer throw, as both sophomore Jayla
Bostic (Wellington, Fla.) and Jeremy Postin (Andover, Kan.) won
their respective events. Bostic tossed a mark of 58.33m/191-4 to best the field
while Postin teamed up with fellow Gators Kyle Strawn (Temecula, Calif.)
and David Levin (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) to go 1-2-3 in the event.
Postin recorded a mark of 66.08m/216-9, while Strawn and Levin put up marks of
60.71m/199-2 and 57.81m/189-8, respectively.

This weekend was the final weekend of the regular season for
the Orange and Blue, as the No. 1 Florida men and No. 3 UF women are readying
themselves for the 2013 Southeastern Conference Outdoor
Track & Field Championships at Mizzouís Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The
four-day meet is slated for Thursday-Sunday, May 9-12.